Florida minimum wage takes another step towards $15 per hour

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Information Service of Florida) – Within the second enhance underneath a 2020 constitutional modification, Florida’s minimal wage will go to 11 {dollars} an hour on September thirtieth. The voter-approved modification will step by step result in a 15-dollars-an-hour minimal wage on September thirtieth, 2026, with inflation-linked will increase after that. The minimal wage enhance will enhance pay by about $2,100 yearly, for full-time staff.

Wealthy Templin, with the AFL-CIO labor union, says the pay enhance is far wanted for Florida’s lowest-paid staff. ”It’s going to assist lots of people, however along with wages going up, we’ve acquired to do one thing about the price of residing in Florida. That’s what continues to be uncared for.” says Templin.

Underneath the constitutional modification, the minimal wage went to 10 {dollars} an hour final yr and can enhance by one greenback per yr till 2026.

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